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We will keep you updated about the latest features in TimeSquare, the appstore for festival, venue and artist apps. Read all about our experiences with our partners and customers and about the latest digital developments in the live music industry. Follow us on LinkedIn for updates and please contact us if you have any questions!

Meet the festivals: Lente Kabinet

For the second year in a row TimeSquare and electronic music festival Lente Kabinet are collaborating to present the Lente Kabinet app. Create your personal program and timetable, navigate through the festival area with the interactive festival map, listen to the Spotify playlist in the app and you are all set for the 10th edition of Lente Kabinet on May 27 and 28.

Meet the festivals: Jazz in Duketown

TimeSquare and Jazz in Duketown, the largest free jazz festival in the Netherlands, have joined forces to release standalone apps for the 49th edition of Jazz in Duketown.

Meet the festivals: SPRING

Another new partnership: We've teamed up with SPRING Performing Arts Festival and present you the SPRING 2023 App in TimeSquare. Create your personal timetable, navigate through Utrecht with the interactive festival map and get the latest updates thanks to the push notifications.

Meet the festivals: Museumnacht Leiden

This his year we have extended our partnership with the Museum Night in Leiden and released standalone apps for the 15th edition of this great cultural event in our own city. With the official Museumnacht Leiden app you can discover the program, curate your personal timetable and navigate through Leiden with the interactive festival map ao.

TimeSquare at c/o pop

In April c/o pop transformed Cologne in Germany into an urban pop culture hotspot for five days, with more than 160 program highlights on over 30 stages! And as the proud new app partner for this amazing festival and convention in one TimeSquare visited the festival and convention.

Meet the festivals: WellFest Ireland

WellFest Ireland is Europe's largest outdoor health and wellness festival, and this year we launched their standalone apps in the app stores with our TimeSquare technology.

Meet the festivals: c/o pop

For five days c/o pop transforms Cologne in Germany into an urban pop culture hotspot, with more than 160 program highlights! And TimeSquare is the proud new app partner for this amazing festival and convention in one. We released standalone apps in the stores for c/o pop, including our brand new Switch to navigate from the festival line-up to the convention panels and speakers.

New feature: conference app

For a festival and conference in one, TimeSquare offers a brand new solution: with a switch on the homescreen of your festival app you can navigate to the conference part of the app which includes panels and speakers.

Meet the festivals: Roadburn

It’s Roadburn time! With TimeSquare we are proud to be the official app-partner of this renowned heavy music festival again.

Meet the festivals: Blijdorp Festival

TimeSquare is very excited to announce that we have teamed up with Blijdorp Festival and launched their standalone apps in the stores with our TimeSquare technology. Download the Blijdorp Festival 2023 app and discover the first names of this great electronic music festival from Rotterdam.

New feature: category filter

For festivals with a wide range of artists and genres or multiple disciplines TimeSquare has created a category filter. With this filter your visitors can explore the line-up of your festival way easier!

10 Tips for promoting your festival app

OK, so now you have a great festival app in TimeSquare. The app is an excellent new tool for your festival visitors who don’t need a not so perfect mobile website, brochure or printed timetable anymore. Now the only thing you have to do, is to make sure they all download your app. Here are 10 tips for how to promote your festival app.

Meet the festivals: Rewire

Rewire is an annual international festival for adventurous music. Across four days from 6 - 9 April 2023, Rewire will return to The Hague with its twelfth festival edition, and TimeSquare is proud to be the official app-partner of this amazing festival!

Meet the festivals: MENT Ljubljana

We are thrilled to tell you TimeSquare is the new app partner of MENT Ljubljana, one of the leading showcase festivals and music conferences in Central and Eastern Europe. This week we launched a standalone app for MENT, check it out in the stores!

Meet the festivals: Grasnapolsky

One of our favorite festivals and TimeSquare regulars is about to kick off the new festival season: Grasnapolsky! From 9 to 12 March at an amazing location in Groningen, in the North of the Netherlands.

Sustainable with TimeSquare

Everyone should contribute to a greener future. Thanks to their enormous visibility, festivals and events have a special position and can be an inspirer and booster for a more sustainable way of living.

February 24, 2023

Meet the festivals: Minimal Music Festival

The first of many new TimeSquare partnership we will launch in the upcoming months is with Minimal Music Festival in Amsterdam.

January 23, 2023

TimeSquare at ESNS

After two poor festival years we were finally allowed again; to ESNS! The music industry conference in Europe with accompanying festival. We have worked hard on our music tech startup TimeSquare, so it's a perfect excuse to travel to Groningen with our almost entire team.

January 18, 2023

Meet the festivals: Grunnsonic

TimeSquare and showcase festival Grunnsonic (part of ESNS) have teamed up to present the Grunnsonic 2023 app in TimeSquare. Discover the talented line-up, create your personal timetable and navigate through Groningen with the interactive festival map.

January 12, 2023

TimeSquare attending ESNS

We will be attending Eurosonic Noorderslag (ESNS), Europe’s largest showcase festival and music conference, with the complete TimeSquare team including all our developers.

January 8, 2023

Recap of 2022 and look into the future

What a year 2022 was! It all began with the restart of the world of festivals and concerts in Spring.

November 26, 2022

Launch your own iOS and Android app with TimeSquare technology

TimeSquare now offers you the possibility to launch your own separate (native) iOS and Android apps in the App Store and PlayStore. With our Advanced Package your festival or venue app will be in TimeSquare (visible to tens of thousands of users) and in the stores as your own app. Best of both worlds! And it can all be controlled from the same user friendly TimeSquare CMS.

November 25, 2022

Meet the venues: Comedy Club Haug

Comedy Club Haug is the stand-up comedy venue of Rotterdam. Every Wednesday through Sunday you can visit their amazing venue next to the river Maas for performances by the best national and international stand-up talent and promising newcomers.

November 16, 2022

Connect to the TimeSquare API

Not enough time or does your festival or venue have a huge amount of program? No worries! We've got a great API allowing you to connect your own CMS to TimeSquare.

November 10, 2022

Official app-partner of Le Guess Who?

Le Guess Who? is a city-wide celebration of global sounds and cultures, and we are proud to be the official app-partner of this amazing event!

November 1, 2022

Meet the festivals: City Makers Congress

TimeSquare and the Rotterdam Architecture Institute (AIR) have joined forces to release the official City Makers Congress (Stadmakerscongres) 2022 app in TimeSquare.

October 18, 2022

New feature: recommended apps

With TimeSquare we have released a new feature which we call 'recommended apps'. Festivals, venues or artists can now recommend other apps in TimeSquare!

October 4, 2022

Meet the venues: Rotown

In addition to festivals, venues, theaters and clubs are also able to have their own app in TimeSquare. One of the first venues to use TimeSquare as the app for their venue is the infamous Rotown in Rotterdam.

September 22, 2022

New: TimeSquare for Artists!

Today we launch TimeSquare for artists! And we do it in collaboration with the Popronde cause every artist of this years Popronde selection now has its own app in TimeSquare, which means we kicked off with 100 artist apps!

September 15, 2022

TimeSquare for venues, clubs or theaters

In addition to festivals, now venues, clubs and theaters are also able to launch their own apps in TimeSquare!

September 13, 2022

Meet the festivals: Popronde

This week a new edition of the Popronde has started! It is the biggest free traveling music festival in the Netherlands for new and emerging musical talent. Popronde and TimeSquare joined forces again to release the official Popronde 2022 app in TimeSquare.

August 31, 2022

Meet the festivals: Into The Great Wide Open

Into The Great Wide Open is back! For the first time since 2019 the festival on the beautiful island Vlieland can actually take place. Check out their app in TimeSquare with its brand new looks (thanks to the new Dynamic Design feature). And of course the great line-up, timetable and interactive map which you will need on the island.

August 25, 2022

New feature: Dynamic Design

TimeSquare has a great, brand new feature: Dynamic Design! As a festival or venue you can now add your dynamic designs to your app in TimeSquare. Integrate your own artwork, font style and colors and make the app completely yours.

August 24, 2022

Popronde at the office

This year De Dorus (where TimeSquare has its headquarters) will be hosting a stage during Popronde Leiden! We would love it if you could all join us, block your agenda on Thursday 15 September from 20:00.

August 17, 2022

Meet the festivals: Dynamo Metalfest

TimeSquare and Dynamo Metalfest joined forces and present the official Dynamo Metalfest 2022 app in TimeSquare!

August 11, 2022

Meet the festivals: Haldern Pop Festival

Another brand new partnership: We've teamed up with Haldern Pop from Germany and proudly present the official Haldern Pop Festival 2022 App in TimeSquare. Discover the amazing line-up, create your personal timetable and navigate through beautiful Haldern with the interactive festival map.

TMSQR redesign in cooperation with design students from TU Delft

For four months, TU Delft students from Colombia, Taiwan, Portugal, China and the Netherlands worked on new design ideas for the TimeSquare app.

Meet the festivals: Dekmantel Festival

TimeSquare is proud to announce that we have teamed up with Dekmantel and present you the official Dekmantel Festival 2022 app in TimeSquare! After a two-year halt, Dekmantel Festival finally returns this summer. Dekmantel is delighted to reunite from August 3 until August 7 under the trees of the Amsterdamse Bos, and in a few beloved venues around the IJ river in Amsterdam.

Meet the festivals: Welcome to The Village

Welcome to The Village turns 10 years old! The festival celebrates their anniversary next week at the Mata Hari Square in the beautiful city of Leeuwarden. With acts like De Staat, Peaches, My Baby, Joost van Bellen and Meau. Join the party from July 15 to 17 with the newest, talented acts of this year and a crazy night program.

Meet the festivals: FestivalDerAa

One of the first festivals that used TimeSquare as the app for their festival is the lovely FestivalDerAa.

Meet the festivals: Metropolis

Metropolis Festival is one of Rotterdam's finest festivals and one of TimeSquare's first users (since 2017). The upcoming 33rd edition of the festival will take place in the Zuiderpark next to Ahoy on the 3rd of July, 2022.

Meet the venues: MEZZ Breda

In addition to festivals, venues and theaters are also able to have their own app in TimeSquare. One of the first venues to use TimeSquare as the app for their stage is MEZZ Breda.

Meet the festivals: VESTROCK

VESTROCK is the cosiest boutique festival of The Netherlands and is situated on a beautiful island in the middle of the fortified town of Hulst.

Meet the festivals: Lente Kabinet

We've teamed up with electronic music festival Lente Kabinet and proudly present the official Lente Kabinet 2022 app in TimeSquare.

Meet the festivals: Museumnacht Leiden

We proudly present our new partnership with the Museum Night in Leiden. With the official Museumnacht Leiden app you can discover the program, curate your personal timetable and navigate through Leiden with the interactive festival map ao.

Connect your venue app to Stager!

We are proud to announce we have linked up with Stager! Stager is a well known online ticketing system and event marketing & planning platform based in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. We've connected Stager to TimeSquare to automatically send all your events to your app in TimeSquare. State of the art, out of the box. It's just one checkbox :-)

Meet the festivals: Ik Zie U Graag

The festival Ik Zie U Graag in MEZZ Breda is now finally going to take place. Due to Covid, the Belgian festival of the Netherlands has been rescheduled so many times. On 20, 21 and 22 May 2022 you will discover exciting acts from the sultry and vibrant Belgian music scene for a whole weekend.

Meet the festivals: Rewire

Another new partnership: We've teamed up with Rewire and proudly present you the official Rewire 2022 App in TimeSquare. Curate your personal timetable, navigate through The Hague with the interactive festival map and listen to the Spotify playlist.

Meet the festivals: STRP

We've teamed up with STRP to present you the official STRP Festival App in TimeSquare. Meet the line-up, curate your personal timetable and navigate through Eindhoven with the interactive festival map.

February 24, 2022

Meet the festivals: Grasnapolsky

The last will be the first! On March 12 and 13, 2022 Grasnapolsky will take place in factory de Toekomst (the Future) in Scheemda, Groningen: the very first weekender festival made possible after phasing out the Covid measures. Dance, dance, dance!

December 21, 2021

Restart with TimeSquare

Hopefully the world of festivals and concerts will restart soon. Setup your festival app in TimeSquare; trusted by 100+ festivals, high quality & affordable and the most flexible solution available. Restart with TimeSquare!

December 3, 2021

Meet the festivals: Roadburn

Roadburn en TimeSquare have been working together for several years, the renowned heavy music festival was actually one of our first users. And Roadburn will use their app in TimeSquare again for the 2022 edition.

November 24, 2021

Meet the festivals: Motel Mozaique

Motel Mozaique brings you exciting (new) artists in performance and art, but most of all a shitload of music!

November 4, 2021

Meet the festivals: Le Guess Who?

Le Guess Who? is a city-wide celebration of global sounds and cultures, and we are proud to be the official app-partner of this amazing event!

October 29, 2021

A night at the museum with TimeSquare

TimeSquare recently started a collaboration with Museum Night The Hague, known for their amazing annual night out at some of the most prized cultural institutions in the city.

October 15, 2021

Meet the festivals: Hit The City

Eindhoven’s finest venue Effenaar celebrates its 50th anniversary and treats the city with a new festival: Hit The City!

October 13, 2021

Meet the festivals: Left of the Dial

Showcase festival Left of the Dial is one of the first festivals that can take place again luckily! This TimeSquare regular can't wait to show you the best new bands at the most beautiful locations in Rotterdam and that's why they added an extra (third) day this year.

September 1, 2021

Feature #5: Spotify integration

Besides the unique promolink and push notification, TimeSquare has several other special features, for instance: every app in TimeSquare has its own multifunctional media page including Spotify integration.

New feature: Embedded timetable & line-up

With TimeSquare we have developed a very nice new feature: an embedded timetable and line-up for festival websites.

February 21, 2021

An app in TimeSquare or a custom app?

Are you checking out the possibilities of having your own custom app for a festival or venue? We can tell you all about it, as TimeSquare's owner Zooma is a professional custom app builder. But we can also tell you right now that it’s much cheaper, a lot easier and way faster if you start working with TimeSquare, the app store for festival and venue apps.

January 18, 2021

Feature #4: Interactive maps in TimeSquare

All your festival locations in one interactive map! The interactive map automatically synchronizes all stages you've already created. You just have to publish the map and all your stages, bars, food stalls, toilets etc. are in it!

November 11, 2020

TimeSquare in dark mode!

The time has come, TimeSquare now supports dark mode! In the last update, we not only did some bug fixes, but also gave TimeSquare a complete new look, including the option to set dark mode. This way you will never be blinded by your phone while standing in a dark concert hall and the battery of your phone will last longer. Not a fan of dark mode? Don't worry, we still support light mode too!

August 21, 2020

Promote your online events in TimeSquare!

TimeSquare is an excellent tool to promote your online events in times of social distancing. Check out some of TimeSquare’s new and main features which can help out in these new times.

Feature #3: Free Trial App

TimeSquare has a brand new feature: the free trial app. You can now get a trial app in TimeSquare for your festival, venue or theatre. And yes, it’s totally free, no strings attached!

Feature #2: Push notification

Recently we talked about the unique promolink as one of the most important features of TimeSquare, the app store for festival, venue and theatre apps. Another feature which absolutely can’t be missed in an app is the push notification: a message that pops up in the homescreen of your smartphone. Handy in case of emergency or just for fun!

Feature #1: The unique promolink

TimeSquare is the app store for festival, venue and theatre apps. With an app in TimeSquare you can offer your visitors the app they deserve, reach new audiences, sell more tickets and deepen the relationship with your partners.

New tmsqr.com website!

Bang! TimeSquare has just released a brand new website! Check it out on tmsqr.com. As TimeSquare is growing quickly internationally, it was about time we explain a bit more about who we are and what TimeSquare can do for your festival or venue.